Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Proactive Patents LLC

9 pending office actions • 4 clients • 8 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

1
Hard (11%)
7
Medium (78%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§103 only6 (67%)
§102 only1 (11%)
No statute on record1 (11%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
33% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, TAE W 2 55.7% +36.4%
ST CYR, DANIEL 1 81.3% +13.3%
OUSSIR, EL MEHDI 1 48.2% +49.1%
LEIBOVICH, YAIR 1 89.9% +10.9%
TRAN, HAI 1 61.9% +32.6%
DENNISON, JERRY B 1 72.9% +15.7%
RANKINS, WILLIAM E 1 57.7% +8.4%
LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS 1 48.3% +16.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19001949 DATA ANOMALY DETECTION, NOTIFICATION, AND MANAGEMENT LEIBOVICH, YAIR 29d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18096368 RISK LEVEL FOR MODIFYING SECURITY SAFEGUARDS RANKINS, WILLIAM E 8d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18071571 CHARGING CONFIGURATION FOR SMART LABELS KIM, TAE W 97d overdue
16044307 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING VPN-LESS SESSION SETUP FOR CONNECTING MOBILE DATA DEVICES TO AN ENTERPRISE DATA NETWORK LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS 79d overdue
19235721 CHARGING CONFIGURATION FOR SMART LABELS KIM, TAE W 59d overdue
19031147 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVISIONING TRANSACTION DATA TO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES OUSSIR, EL MEHDI 35d overdue
19249477 ACTIVATING A SMART LABEL DURING ENCODING PROCEDURE ST CYR, DANIEL 17d overdue
18620879 SELF-CONFIGURING AND DIAGNOSING ROUTER DENNISON, JERRY B 10d overdue
18950408 AUTOMATED TRANSFER OF ENRICHED TRANSACTION ACCOUNT DATA TO A SUBMITTED RECORD OF CHARGE TRAN, HAI 1d overdue
19001949 DATA ANOMALY DETECTION, NOTIFICATION, AND MANAGEMENT LEIBOVICH, YAIR 29d

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28763
36991
21141
36951
24091
36941
24131

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19249477 ACTIVATING A SMART LABEL DURING ENCODING PROCEDURE Roambee Corporation ST CYR, DANIEL 2876 Other Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2025
19235721 CHARGING CONFIGURATION FOR SMART LABELS Roambee Corporation KIM, TAE W 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2025
19031147 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVISIONING TRANSACTION DATA TO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. OUSSIR, EL MEHDI 3699 §102 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19001949 DATA ANOMALY DETECTION, NOTIFICATION, AND MANAGEMENT American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. LEIBOVICH, YAIR 2114 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 26, 2024
18950408 AUTOMATED TRANSFER OF ENRICHED TRANSACTION ACCOUNT DATA TO A SUBMITTED RECORD OF CHARGE American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. TRAN, HAI 3695 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2024
18620879 SELF-CONFIGURING AND DIAGNOSING ROUTER Perftech, Inc. DENNISON, JERRY B 2409 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18096368 RISK LEVEL FOR MODIFYING SECURITY SAFEGUARDS American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. RANKINS, WILLIAM E 3694 §101 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023
18071571 CHARGING CONFIGURATION FOR SMART LABELS Roambee Corporation KIM, TAE W 2876 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2022
16044307 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING VPN-LESS SESSION SETUP FOR CONNECTING MOBILE DATA DEVICES TO AN ENTERPRISE DATA NETWORK Tango Networks, Inc. LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS 2413 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2018

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